Thursday 28 August 2008
HyperOgga Art Gallery
Art, comics, graphic design and web development by the artist: Matthew Taylor
Male Portrait - Charcoal drawing
- Artist:
- Matthew Taylor
- Medium:
- Charcoal
- Date:
- 14 December 2004
- Creation time:
- 1 hour
Comments by the artist
Male portrait study.
I've started using white in a much more subtle way and I think it really helps. For a little while I was using strong white and using the paper colour as the shadow areas, but now I've found that it's much better to put in the shadows with blocks of tone and save the white for just the highlights.
It gives a much more refined look.
See a larger version of Male Portrait (Charcoal rendered drawing) on my new website.
Random art quote
'Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about. There is almost nothing you can say that holds up as a generalization, because it depends on too many factors: size, modulation, the rest of the field, a certain consistency that color has with forms, and the statement you're trying to make.' - Roy Lichtenstein